Soap stars: Former EastEnders star Gillian Taylforth, left, and Coronation Street's Beverley Callard also dared to bare in the campaign against TV ageism

She said: 'I've got less confident as I've got older, which is sad. I don't feel comfortable in my own skin.'

She also said that she believed the problem is getting worse, and that television writers may be at fault.

She said: 'Women my age face a lack of parts because writers don't write about women in their 50s.

'You used to confront ageism in your 50s, then it was in your 40s, now anyone over the age of 35 suffers the stigma of being "too old".'

However despite acknowledging the difficulties that women face in television as they get older and saying that it 'gets worse', Sherrie is grateful to be on a television show where the experience and wisdom she has gained from being older definitely works in her favour.

She said: 'I'm very lucky. Loose Women is the only show that actually celebrates older women.'

Loose Women anchor Andrea McLean, 41, was the youngest of the women participating in the shoot, and said that she was 'quite confident' when it came to her body.

The full photo shoot and interview will appear in Best magazine, out September 20.

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